Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-11171
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to add the cfDNA test to the foetal screening programme for expectant mothers.
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Question reference: S5W-11173
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a presumption of termination in cases of expectant mothers receiving a positive result on the genetic abnormalities test.
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Question reference: S5W-11172
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to change the guidance given to (a) obstetricians and (b) midwives regarding advice given to expectant mothers who receive a positive result on the genetic abnormalities test on (i) their options and (ii) the support that is available.
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Question reference: S5W-11170
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance exists for (a) obstetricians and (b) midwives regarding advice given to expectant mothers who receive a positive result on the genetic abnormalities test.
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Question reference: S5W-11005
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government who (a) was invited to and (b) attended the Biannual Stakeholder Forum on the Mental Health Strategy on 23 June 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-11004
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress on the Mental Health Strategy was reported to the Biannual Stakeholder Forum on 23 June 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-11040
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10617 by Shona Robison on 1 September 2017, how many dental patients' registrations were placed in abeyance in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S5W-10953
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-25921 by Jamie Hepburn on 12 June 2015, whether it will provide data for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5T-00651
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce congestion on the approaches to the Queensferry Crossing.
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Question reference: S5W-10682
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 7 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Lord Advocate has received details regarding the proposed safer drug consumption facility and heroin assisted treatment service in Glasgow, including what legal and policy changes this would require and, if so, what his response was.
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